Friday Excerpt: A Taste of Erotica
Today I am a guest at the blog Close Encounters with the Night Kind! Â There I am sharing a scene from my recent release, which is a short erotic story with a holiday theme. Hope you...
Read MoreRomantic Friday Writers: Sparkle
http://fridaynightwriters.blogspot.com/Â This blog has a challenge for writers of romance/love stories to write up to 400 words on a theme each Friday. Â The theme this week is Sparkle. This excerpt is from my new erotic short story about Stewart and his new girlfriend, Leah going to his family for Christmas. This particular piece of the story doesn’t have the erotic element, but most of the story is quite racy. Â This story is available at Amazon and Smashwords for 99 cents. Word Count: 228 ### After dinner everyone moved to the living room with mugs of hot chocolate.Leah tried to sit on Stewart’s lap, but Claire shooed her to the couch. Music from The Messiah played softly on the stereo and the children poked at the boxes under the tree. Stewart looked...
Read MoreFriday Excerpt: One from Breath(e)
(W)hole’s sequel is on the horizon. Publication is coming up quickly and I’m really excited! Can’t wait to share it with you all.  In the meantime, here is a little scene from the book… Word Count: 203 ### Since the dishes were done, Elizabeth finally went to check out the hallway bathroom. As she expected when she opened the door it looked like an ordinary bathroom. She flicked the switch and plain white light illuminated a room decorated in white and black with touches of ivory. The tub was gleaming white with a shower curtain depicting twisting black flowers across it, and a large mirror in a thick ivory-colored frame hung over the sink. It was unrecognizable. Elizabeth sat down on the edge of the tub as she used to do and leaned her...
Read MoreFriday Excerpt: Stewart
Today’s excerpt is from a new short story that will be published very soon. It is going to be available for free at Kindle, Nook, Smashwords, and paradevostories.blogspot.com This is a story that goes along with the sequel to (W)hole, it is the story of what Stewart does after that novel. Word Count: 687 ### Even though Stewart told Jeff he had no intention of visiting his father, after school each weekday he found himself in the neighborhood. He took to parking across the street and just looking at the house. He hadn’t been inside since he was fourteen years old and his father had sent him to the east coast to live with his aunt. Considering how badly his father wanted to erase the past, Stewart was surprised he still living in the house where Sharon...
Read MoreFriday Excerpt: Reece Asks Too Much
An unusual proposal in today’s NaNoWriMo excerpt! Â Full plot summery available here. Word count: 485 ### “I need to go with them,” Faith said. “When the time comes. But when you get this plan of yours figured out, come for me. I don’t care what I’m doing or how old I am, I’ll go with you in a heartbeat.” “It’s not enough.” “It’s all I’ve got, Reece.” He sighed. “I know. It’s not your fault.” The words sounded like they were choking out of him. She tried to distract him, snuggling against his neck and kissing his cheek, but he seemed to be somewhere else. She could picture the gears in his mind turning as it desperately tried to think of a solution to their...
Read MoreFriday Excerpt: Trent is Sneaky
Friday Excerpt this week  is from Chapter Seven of my NaNoWriMo novel.  For an overview of the plot and characters, click here.  Remember that this is completely rough draft with no editing! 🙂 Word count: 345 ### “We’ve got to go back.” “What are you talking about?” “We have to go back to the professor’s house,” Trent whispered even though they were alone in the living room. You could never tell when Roland might be nearby. “Absolutely not,” Reece said. He took a sip of his water and flipped the switch for the radio. Bad news, the only kind there was, drifted into the house on the voices of the newscasters. “There’s more information there, I’m sure of it,” Trent said. Reece...
Read MoreProgress Trackers
At proofreaders; available for pre-order
What Is Meant To Be
Second draft
Homework & Homicide (working title)
Second Draft
Book Montage
RFW winner October 7, 2011
